RE: Jabbering !

From: Mark M. Mills (mmills@htcomp.net)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2000 - 15:24:49 BST

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    At 09:38 AM 6/2/00 -0400, you wrote:
    >Do caterpillars do things like 'choosing behaviors', arriving at decisions
    >and judgements? Do apes? I think the issue of whether they have 'culture'
    >hinges on this...

    Lawrence,

    If you are really interested in this, take a look at "The Evolution of
    Culture in Animals" by John Tyler Bonner (1980). It looks very closely
    issue you raise, do animals 'choose' anything..

    Mark

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